Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels, Fragmente Der VorsokratikerThis book is a complete translation of the fragments of the pre-Socratic philosophers given in the fifth edition of Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. |
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... ORPHEUS ORPHEUS lived probably in Thrace , in pre - Homeric times . Aristotle believed that he never existed ; but to other ancient writers he was a real person , though living in remote antiquity . Nothing is known of any ancient ...
... ORPHEUS ORPHEUS lived probably in Thrace , in pre - Homeric times . Aristotle believed that he never existed ; but to other ancient writers he was a real person , though living in remote antiquity . Nothing is known of any ancient ...
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... Orpheus says ) have come to the time of enjoyment . 6. ( ib . 715E : as the ancient saying goes ) God holds the be- ginning and end , and the middle of all existing things . 6a . ( ib . 829D : Nobody is to sing a song not approved by ...
... Orpheus says ) have come to the time of enjoyment . 6. ( ib . 715E : as the ancient saying goes ) God holds the be- ginning and end , and the middle of all existing things . 6a . ( ib . 829D : Nobody is to sing a song not approved by ...
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... Orpheus to be revered by Greeks and barbarians , being deeply concerned with rites , purifications and oracles . The goddess Deme- ter ... whom Orpheus gave as the sister of Zeus , others as the mother . There is no need to recall these ...
... Orpheus to be revered by Greeks and barbarians , being deeply concerned with rites , purifications and oracles . The goddess Deme- ter ... whom Orpheus gave as the sister of Zeus , others as the mother . There is no need to recall these ...
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